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Fiddleheads
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:11 pm
by Mike G
Anyone eat fiddleheads? Can they be eaten raw, as in a salad or must they be cooked? If cooked, how?
Re: Fiddleheads
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:59 pm
by Mike G
Since there has been no response; shall I assume no one has eaten fiddleheads?
Re: Fiddleheads
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:25 pm
by mike
Sorry, but no. Do they have a different name?
Re: Fiddleheads
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:21 pm
by Mike G
I don't know them by any other name. They are the beginning stage of the fern, just as they begin to open.
Re: Fiddleheads
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:17 am
by dosperros
We eat fiddleheads. Late April i believe? Picked young and tight before they unfold.
They need to be sautéed in a bit of butter or olive oil. Tastes a bit like asparagus when cooked.
Unlike asparagus, that is wonderful raw, fiddleheads are very bitter raw.
Hope that helps.
Re: Fiddleheads
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:15 pm
by new jersey mike
I had looked into fiddleheads also trying to identify food and income from my property, I do remember that not all ferns are eatable and this video below states you should not eat them raw.
http://umaine.edu/publications/4198e/